We are still on the campsite in Napier and Sam has spent two very happy days playing with his mates on an enormous jumping pillow, in the pool and is currently zooming around on a go-kart!! The site is full of kids which is brilliant. Meanwhile Will has gone mountain biking with his friends and so I am sat here in the computer room waiting for the computer to charge and feeling a bit sorry for myself because I want a friend to play with too!
The guy Will is mountain biking with is the one whose house we are going to over Xmas, we met them yesterday and they seem very nice people and it sounds like there will be quite a few people arriving at their place over Xmas. This will be good as it's cool to have people around but it also makes me a bit nervous as they are all people that I don't know and I hope they are all nice! This is where boys and girls don't work the same way, Will says 'Of course they are all nice, they're my friends' and logically I know that, but being a girl it's also nice to get a hug and a bit of re-assurance, that's when you miss your girly friends the most!
Today me and Sam went for a walk into town and had a cake and a drink in the local bakery, we agreed that we really like Napier as it's a big town but not so big as to be overpowering and it has the Xmas spirit that was missing from Gisbourn. There's also quite a bit to do here and we will visit the water park and the aquarium over the next couple of days. The weather here is changeable at the moment and swings between being overcast and drizzly to sunshine but so long as it's not raining lots it's fine. We will head to the Mahia peninsula in a few days (I can't believe it's nearly Xmas - It doesn't seem so close!)
Attached a picture of the van and Don (the lovely guy who lent us his workshop in the Mount)
Can I give you a maternal hug? I know it's not the same as a 'girly hug'....mothers are not 'mates'...but I hope it will do. I know that you will have a wonderful time over Xmas! Everyone (all those strangers) will love and adore you and it will be great.
ReplyDeleteGrandma Jean is chuffed to bits that you and Sam phoned her last night (and phoned me in the middle of the Strictly Come Dancing Final to tell me about it!!!). It was nice of you. Made her day.
We have snow again now. It had all melted and left us with rain, and then big icy puddles, but now it's snowed again. But not as much as Jessica and Al have down in Kent. Al is highly disgusted with it all, because he battled through the snow to go to the Arsenal match, and it was cancelled! How dare they!
Peter and Susan have moved down to the wilds of Dorset now, and are happily snowed into their new abode. But apparently they have lovely views of the sea from where they are now living. That's nice. Nothing quite like a view of the sea. :>}
Anyway....glad the boys are having a good time.. Try a Marian Keyes book. That should make you laugh and give you that kind of 'girly friends' feel you're missing right now.
Love and hugs and kisses,
Mum
Hey Ruth...
ReplyDeleteBig girlfriend hug for you, though a slightly damp 1 as pretty much snowed in and everything I touch seems wet. Your xmas plans sound cool, the more the merrier though I completly get the daunting feeling (I was like that when I met all Jays friends girlfriends aka you guys and you were all lovely to me so am sure you will be fine!)
So the Snow.....well my god, where I live it has really come down. Jay is up in Bristol and G has now gone to her dads. Due to the weather I cant drive anywhere so am stuck and a 'lot' lonely...this is how I shall remain intil Wednesday when Grace comes home. So say Jay cant risk coming down here as we are predicted more and he has a lot of work to catch up on since being ill.
The snow was my friend on Friday when it first fell, now it is most certainly a foe!
Sam looks really grown up in the pictures you post, sounds like he has settled into things well?
Hope your well and enjoying your time there....the reality of fishponds is never to far aware and believe you me it hasnt (and they havent!)changed....capture every moment!
Much Love
Joni xxxxxxxxxxxx